footsteps
/ˈfʊtstɛps/
"footsteps" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“footsteps” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,387
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of footstep
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | footsteps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfʊtstɛps/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “footsteps” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around footsteps (IPA /ˈfʊtstɛps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,387 among 18,613 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of footstep".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for footsteps, with forms such as "ffootsteps", "foostteps", and "footsetps". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is footsteps, spelled F-O-O-T-S-T-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1plural of footstep
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffootsteps
- foostteps
- footsetps
- footssteps
- footstepps
- footstepss
- footstesp
- footstpes
- footstteps
- foottseps
- foottsteps
- fotosteps
- fotsteps
- ofotsteps
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of footsteps - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “footsteps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-O-T-S-T-E-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfʊtstɛps/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.